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Sustainability Publication Digest: Potential impacts to human health from climate change: A comparative life-cycle assessment of single-use versus reusable devices flexible ureteroscopes
MTRC shares the most relevant and impactful publications in the field of market access and HEOR for medical technologies in Europe through its Sustainability Publications Digest.
In a recent publication, Thöne et al. performed a comparative life-cycle assessment of single-use and reusable flexible ureterorenoscopes to quantify their greenhouse gas emissions and health impacts within a German hospital setting. The study demonstrated that reusable devices are associated with nearly four times fewer greenhouse gas emissions and lower Disability-Adjusted Life Years per intervention than single-use instruments. These findings underscore that medical device choices can have substantial environmental and health impacts, supporting a shift toward more sustainable healthcare solutions.
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